ACETYLENES DISUBSTITUTED WITH A PHENYL OR HETEROARYL GROUP AND A 2-OXOCHROMANYL, 2-OXOTHIOCHROMANYL OR 2-OXO-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROQUINOLINYL GROUP HAVING RETINOID-LIKE ACTIVITY

摘要

Compounds of formula (1) where R1 and R2 are hydrogen, lower alkyl of 1-6 carbons, or halogen; R3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl of 1-6 carbons, halogen, OR11, SR11, OCOR11, SCOR11, NH2, NHR11, N(R11)2, NHCOR11 or NR11COR11; X is O, S or NR' where R' is hydrogen or lower alkyl of 1-6 carbons; Y is phenyl or a heteroaryl group selected from a group consisting of pyridyl, thienyl, furyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, thiazolyl and oxazolyl; A is (CH2)n where n is 0-5, lower branched chain alkyl having 3-6 carbons, cycloalkyl having 3-6 carbons, alkenyl having 2-6 carbons and 1 or 2 double bonds; alkynyl having 26 carbons and 1 or 2 triple bonds; B is hydrogen, COOH or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, COOR8, CONR9R10, -CH2OH, CH2OR11, CH2OCOR11, CHO, CH(OR12)2, CHOR13O, -COR7, CR7(OR12)2, or CR7OR13O, where R7 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkenyl group containing 1 to 5 carbons, R8 is an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbons, or a cycloalkyl group of 5 to 10 carbons, or R8 is phenyl or lower alkylphenyl, R9 and R10 independently are hydrogen, an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbons, or a cycloalkyl group of 5-10 carbons, or phenyl or lower alkylphenyl, R11 is lower alkyl, phenyl or lower alkylphenyl, R12 is lower alkyl, and R13 is divalent alkyl radical of 2-5 carbons, have retinoid-like biological activity.